Chapter 2: Chickenrat
Gemmy was very, very tired.
One day after he had gotten on the ship, he was already dying.
Uzi was already forcing him to do chores all around the ship, thus making Gemmy wish they never picked him up.
On the bright side, he had made a friend in N, who was the only nice person on the ship.
On the dark side, Uzi was now calling him a wuss. (Probably because he dropped a 2kg bag of flour on her)
Jade was ok, but she was also quite annoying, as she had made Gemster clean the steam room, which resulted in Gemmy's sunburn.
Gemmy came out of the steam room, sweat forming on his face from all that steam.
"Oh, hey, Gemstone. How was the cleaning?" Asked N, who had been also doing several chores around the ship.
"Sucked." Said Gem, dragging along.
"Heh, as usual, huh?" Said N, grinning.
"Yup. What are the girls doing?"
"Girl stuff, I guess." Answered N, shrugging.
By 'girl stuff' he probably meant them trying to fish out people from the sea.
Gemmy went up to the deck where the girls were laughing while throwing fishing rods right into the sea.
"Catch anything?" Asked Gemmy quietly.
Uzi and Jade spun around, surprised at the boy.
"Oh. Hey, Wuss."said Jade, yawning.
"Uh-yeah. We caught a few bass."
"Uh, nice. Can I... do anything?" Asked Gemmy.
"Just go take a rest, man. And get me a bag of Lays." Said Uzi.
So after getting Uzi her Type 2 Diabetes in a bag, Gemmy headed back to his ratty excuse for a room.
He lay in his twin bed, staring at the cracks in the wall, wondering if this was going to be his life until he got old.
And the girls here weren't exactly Gemmy's type, so that threw all of his life goals out the window.
Soon, he fell asleep, tired, tired, tired, and tired.
He woke up the next day to Uzi screaming in his face, "CHICKEN RAT!!!"
He sprang awake, bashing his head into Uzi's.
"OW! WATCH IT, WUSS!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry!"
"Whatever. You smell like bass. Go wash yourself before Jade eats you for breakfast."
Gemmy couldn't tell if Uzi was joking. He could never really tell with the girl.
He found the boys restroom, and went into the shower.
The water was cold and salty, and Gemmy shivered whenever the drops touched him.
When he came out, he put on some N hand-me-down clothes.
Yawning, he went down to the eating quarters.
Jade was the only other person in there, and she was eating some sort of Panda Express.
"Oh. Hi, Wuss 2.0."
"Um. Hey."
She put her legs on the table, chowing on some sort of rice.
"So, *chomp* did y'all catch the chicken rat?"
Gemmy gaped.
"Chicken WHAT?"
"Chicken Rat. It's an ocean creature."
To Gemmy, a chicken rat sounded nothing like an ocean creature. It sounded like an episode of a children's TV show.
Then, they heard from upstairs, N yell at the top of his lungs, "CAUGHT IT, BABY!"
Then, Uzi yelled, "OH, YEAH!!"
Jade groaned.
Uzi and N ran downstairs, holding up what seemed to be some kind of squid with a very sharp beak looking tip.
"Heh, scooped that thing right up and squished it up!" declared Uzi, squelching the squid so the innards fell onto the floor.
"I actually did most of the work..." Whispered N.
"No one cares, unsalted pretzel."
Gemmy pushed away his Frosted Flakes.
Jade growled. "Ew. No. Go away, and take the chicken rat with you."
Uzi frowned. "Whatever. Suit yourselves."
Then she stormed upstairs, with N behind her.
Gemmy slowly started eating his cereal again, which was now soggy, thus making it less appetizing.
"So, Wuss, what's the plan?" Said Jade, mid bite through a cucumber.
"I dunno. What do you want me to do?"
Jade scoffed. "What are you, a servant? Go do your own thing, man.
Gemmy sighed. He had only been here for one day, and things were already starting to get a little boring.
Then he went upstairs to Cthulhu.
* * *
Gemmy stood there, staring up at Cthulhu.
"G-guys? Y-you might wanna see this."
N ran up to the deck, and stared up at Cthulhu.
"Well, that is certainly a big, big squid."
Uzi was next. As soon as she ran up, she saw the back of the large behemoth. "Well, what do you know? Lovecraft was right."
Gemmy stepped back. "Guys, we can't look into its eyes, because then we'll go insa-"
"Yeah, I know." Said Uzi, rolling her eyes. We'll go insane. Sure. Then let's go for a sneakstrike!"
N bit one of his fingernails. "Too risky. I say we-"
"Whatever, Wuss. I'm goin' in." Said Uzi, pulling out what seemed to be a handheld railgun from her back.
"Alright, this thing is going into my collection!"
She ran up to the captain's quarters, which weirdly enough no one was using.
She started blasting the railgun, hitting Cthulhu on the back multiple times.
Cthulhu bounced back and hissed, spit landing on the deck and N and Gemmy.
It seemed to have some kind of eyepatch on its face, which prevented Gem, N, and Uzi from seeing the monster's eyes.
"All the better!" Yelled Uzi, nailing several more shots before ducking under a table that was sliding all over the place.
"She's crazy." Whispered Gemmy.
"Yeah. Isn't she great?" Said N, swooning.
Gemmy made a face.
But then, the worst case scenario happened. Cthulhu grabbed Uzi, which made her drop her railgun.
"UZI!" Yelled N, running to the side of the ship, trying to reach her.
"I...Got...This!" Said Uzi, squirming.
She squished and squirmed, trying to escape the grasp of the behemoth.
But then, it happened.
Uzi fell into the ocean.
